El próximo 5 de Marzo del 2009, en las instalaciones del reconocido Bowery Poetry Club, se llevará a cabo el evento cultural Acentos y Sotaques; Una Tarde de Poesía Latinoamericana, en el que participarán una variada selección de artistas procedentes de diferentes países de Hispanoamérica.
 
Una celebración de acentos en español y portugués, así como de los acentos que surgen al traducir poesía al inglés, esta cita promete ser un carnaval en donde la música, la cadencia de la palabra, tonos, ritmos y sobre todo la poesía, se reunirán para festejar la diversidad cultural Latino e Hispano Americana en la ciudad de Nueva York. Asímismo, y en el espíritu de celebrar la traducción en su sentido más amplio, Acentos y Sotaques traducirá la poesía al formato visual y musical, presentando un ensamblaje de video, fotografía y cortometraje que sin duda elevará los sentidos del espectador hacia otros planos.
 
El Bowery Poetry Club  será el escenario donde se reunirán en magia y talento los siguientes artistas:  Aída Rosario Gil, Alina Peña, Andrea Cote, Brandon Watz, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Carlos Padrón, Carlos Villacorta, Christian Torres, David Miranda, Diego Rivelino, Ernesto Estrella, Felipe Martínez, Fernando Pérez, Gema Santamaría, Héctor Falcón Villa, José Juan Pérez, Junia d’Affonseca, Katia Dorker, Laura Erber, Lauren Wolkstein, Lena Retamatoso, Manuel Bandeira, Marcos Wasem, Mariana Chamorro, Micaela Kramer, Nicolás Linares, Pedro Erber, Pedro Pulido, Rafael Cadenas, Ronaldo Simões Gomes, Sabrina Lastman, Sarah Thomas & Xavier Ortells, procedentes de todos los rincones del continente y España.
 
Esta invitación es un viaje por los confines de Latinoamérica sobre la voz de diferentes artistas. El evento dará inicio a las 7 P.M. y finalizara a las 9:30 P.M. y tendrá un costo de $8 dólares a la entrada.
           
Se agradece la difusión de la presente información y la asistencia de los medios de comunicación.
 
Lugar: The Bowery Poetry Club308 Bowery, New York, NY 10012 (Entre Houston y Bleecker)
Teléfono: 212.614.0505
Como llegar? Tren F hasta Second Ave, o tren 6 hasta Bleecker St.
Fecha: 5 de Marzo del 2010
Hora: 7 P.M. a 9:30 P.M.
 
Más información: http://www.bowerypoetry.com/#March_05
 
 
 
 
Acentos y Sotaques; An Evening of Latin American Poetry
 
Friday, March 5th
7 to 9.30 p.m.
 
http://www.bowerypoetry.com/#March_05
 
A celebration of the various accents of the Spanish and Portuguese language, as well as of the accents that emerge with English translation, this poetry and music event invites you on a voyage through Latin America, whose boundaries will swell to include New York and Spain, as poets, translators and musicians bring their different accents and cadences to the stage.
 
As a celebration of accents in a broad sense, Acentos y Sotaques also celebrates the translation of poetry into different media, such as visual arts, film and music. Besides poetry readings, the event will include the projection of images and video art that engage with the written word, a short film, and musical transpositions of poetry.
 
The readings will be in Spanish, Portuguese and English.
 
Poetry, readings, and performances by: Aída Rosario Gil, Alina Peña, Andrea Cote, Brandon Watz, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Carlos Padrón, Carlos Villacorta, Christian Torres, David Miranda, Diego Riverino, Ernesto Estrella, Felipe Martínez, Fernando Pérez, Gema Santamaria, Héctor Falcón Villa, José Juan Pérez, Junia d’Affonseca, Katia Dorker, Laura Erber, Lauren Wolkstein, Lena Retamatoso, Manuel Bandeira, Marcos Wasem, Mariana Chamorro, Micaela Kramer, Nicolás Linares, Pedro Erber, Pedro Pulido, Rafael Cadenas, Ronaldo Simões Gomes, Sabrina Lastman, Sarah Thomas & Xavier Ortells.
 
The Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery, New York, NY 10012
212.614.0505
foot of First Street, between Houston & Bleecker
across the street from CBGBs
F train to Second Ave, or 6 train to Bleecker
 

http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi565445657/

Rudolf Truffino was born into one of the wealthiest families in the world; his father controlled the largest bank in The Hague, and as a young man he was groomed to take over his father's business. However, Truffino had no interest in finance, and upon reaching adulthood he moved to Venezuela, where he built a new life for himself in the jungle, over the fierce objections of his father. With the help of the Pemon Indians who lived nearby, Truffino made his way into the remote regions near Angel Falls, where he built Ucaima, a camp where visitors could come to witness the natural beauty of the wilderness. Opened in the 1950's, Ucaima became a popular destination for moneyed tourists with a taste for adventure, and Truffino's guests included filmmaker Werner Herzog, Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and astronaut Neil Armstrong. The man known as "Jungle Rudy" met a woman from Australia who would in time marry him, and they raised three children in the village he built around Ucaima. However, while Truffino chose to live his life in the jungle, his offspring did not, and ten years after he died peacefully in his beloved Ucaima, his survivors begin to feel the call of the civilization he rejected. Filmmaker Rob Smits examines both the public and private story behind Truffino in Jungle Rudy: The Chronicles of a Family, a documentary which received its North American premiere at the 2007 Silverdocs Film Festival, a festival for documentary cinema sponsored in part by the American Film Institute. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Mountain of Storms
USA/1968/52 minutes
Director/Producer: Doug Thompkins/Yvon Chouinard

The journey that started an American subculture. In 1968, five friends--Yvon Chouinard, Doug Thompkins, Chris Jones, Lito Tejeda Flores and Dick Dorworth--left Ventura, California in a Ford Econoline van. Three and a half months and 16,500 miles later, they arrived at their destination: Patagonia. Their first ascent of Fitz Roy's Southwest Buttress--the so-called "Californian Route"--was not the only upshot of the trip: Thompkins went on to found Esprit and The North Face, and Chouinard founded Patagonia, providing inspiration for the generations of Fun Hogs who would follow in their footsteps.
Text taken from http://www.alpinist.com/film_festival/2006

"Surfing Favela" was shot with the aid of the communities of Cantagalo and Rocinha; the latter, with its 250,000 inhabitants, is considered the biggest slum (Favela) in Rio de Janeiro. The documentary richly portrays the daily tasks of a group of surfers that helps the youth of their own community to discover in surfing, a direct bridge to freedom and nature.

Tomás Makaji / Nacional / 2009 / 70’ Featuring: Los Testiculos, Los Violadores, Los Baraja, Los Laxantes, Attaque 77, Todos Tus Muertos, Massacre Palestina, EDO, No Demuestra Interés, D.A.J., Minoría Activa, B.O.D., Cadena Perpetua, Dos Minutos, Flema, entre otros.   El documental muestra el crecimiento de una ideología y un estilo musical atravesando las décadas del 80’ y 90’, hasta nuestros días.   En el año 1980, mientras Argentina estaba sumergida en pleno gobierno surgido en Inglaterra a finales de los 70's. "Buenos Aires Hardcorepunk" es un documental que muestra el crecimiento de una ideología y un estilo musical a través de los años 80's, 90's hasta nuestros días, pasando por la primer camada de bandas como Los Testículos, Los Violadores, Los Baraja y Los Laxantes a principios de los 80s; Ataque 77, Todos Tus Muertos, Massacre Palestina, Sentimiento Incontrolable y otros a finales de esa década y la fuerza del "Buenos Aires Hardcore" con bandas como EDO, No Demuestra Interés, D.A.J., Minoria Activa, B.O.D., entre otras y la segunda camada de bandas punks como Cadena Perpetua, Dos Minutos, Flema etc de los años 90's. Todo el documental es un paseo por estas dos décadas y media de música, con sus diversificaciones ideológicas y políticas. Abordando también los diferentes estilos nacidos del punk como el Hardcore, el Straight Edge, el Skate Rock, entre otras.
El documental posee entrevistas a los personajes mas destacados de las diferentes épocas, material grafico y videográfico de archivo, música de todos los estilos interactuando con una exhaustiva investigación periodística y un fino cuidado de la imagen que nos ayudará a comprender estos movimientos triviales de jóvenes y adultos en pos de una mejor comprensión social.

http://www.festivalbuendia.net/
Saturday December 19th 2009
Plaza Palermo Viejo (Costa Rica, Armenia, Nicaragua, Malabia)
12:00 - 24:00

One of the most liberating (its free) music festivals welcoming summer and the end of the year in the Americas. Design, music, art, and plenty of charisma all surrounding a backdrop of youth. Check out the above link and the lineup. Did I mention its free. Buenos Aires at its most glorious.

A few documentaries to check out on the music and culture of Brazil. Lots of great information and interviews from inspired Dj`s, producers and musicians.

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